I'm a big believer and practice-er of jumping squats. Squat down and jump as high as you can. Don't pace yourself. If you can do more than ten or twenty you are pacing yourself. Stop it. Jump higher and harder.

But sometimes I don't want to go up in the air. So I use a slightly wider stance and go more or less down on one leg, back up, and down on the other, back and forth. It is not a one-legged squat. I'll take a wild guess and say that instead of each leg doing 50% of the work as in a regular squat, one is doing 70% and the other 30%. I made up those numbers.

I like being able to up the weight used on a leg. It's also more dance-like. You have two-feet stability.

Sounds like a really good exercise and will try it out. I have been doing one-legged jumps as part of my joint-mobility routine but not in the way you describe. I like the idea of going from one leg to the other. And i agree about the imbalance. In my own case, i discovered it a while back when i tried to do one-legged squats and (eventually) was able to do them with my right leg but not with the left.

I'm a big believer and practice-er of jumping squats. Squat down and jump as high as you can. Don't pace yourself. If you can do more than ten or twenty you are pacing yourself. Stop it. Jump higher and harder.

But sometimes I don't want to go up in the air. So I use a slightly wider stance and go more or less down on one leg, back up, and down on the other, back and forth. It is not a one-legged squat. I'll take a wild guess and say that instead of each leg doing 50% of the work as in a regular squat, one is doing 70% and the other 30%. I made up those numbers.

I like being able to up the weight used on a leg. It's also more dance-like. You have two-feet stability.

Yes, I do want to try. And I did today. What do you do with your hands though? They get in the way if you are switching sides and trying to manage your arms in Hindu Squat fashion! What do you recommend?

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April

"Aslan didn't tell Pole what would happen if she followed the signs. He simply told us what to do. This fellow might be the death of us if we loose him, but that doesn't let us off following Aslan's signs."
-Puddleglum, The Silver Chair, Book 4 in The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S.Lewis

After 50 Hindu squats, the last half of them on toes (just remembered) and a bunch of Tom's alternate leg squats (lost count), I tried BennyB's Indian Squats. I could do about 30. Those are hard, but GOOD. Later in the day, I tried the jumping squats. Wow. Great. But...not good to do right after lunch. As I get "into" the G.U.T.S. mentality, the squat variations will make it more interesting.

Does anyone do Atlas full range leg raises in their G.U.T.S. routine? I have been incorporating them.

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April

"Aslan didn't tell Pole what would happen if she followed the signs. He simply told us what to do. This fellow might be the death of us if we loose him, but that doesn't let us off following Aslan's signs."
-Puddleglum, The Silver Chair, Book 4 in The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S.Lewis

ddc, your comment reminded me that when I did those jumping squats, it felt like riding a horse! Seriously!

Maybe those are the Tom Gallop.

A canter is a cure for every evil. ~Benjamin Disraeli

What is the Tom Canter?

Really, Tom, we are NOT ganging up on you.

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Wishing you well,
April

"Aslan didn't tell Pole what would happen if she followed the signs. He simply told us what to do. This fellow might be the death of us if we loose him, but that doesn't let us off following Aslan's signs."
-Puddleglum, The Silver Chair, Book 4 in The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S.Lewis

To answer the both questions/observations, I would say the arm movements do look more like a gallop on an old Western. I just put them out there for counterbalance, not following any protocol. And no music yet.